desolation in WordNet English dictionary

1. a bleak and desolate atmosphere
   "the nakedness of the landscape"
   bleakness  desolation  bareness  nakedness 
   
2. an event that results in total destruction
   devastation  desolation 
   
3. sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
   forlornness  loneliness  desolation 
   
4. the state of being decayed or destroyed
   devastation  desolation